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Nuclear-powered Admiral Nakhuimov battle cruiser could be the first Russian ship equipped with the lightning fast weapon when it returns to service next year.

The rocket-mounted weapons come equipped with a radar target seeker and the ability to avoid enemy missiles, and they can be launched from land, sea carrier or submarines and fitted with a range of warheads from explosive to nuclear.

Harry J Kazianis, executive editor of US foreign policy magazine The National Interest, wrote such missiles could turn “America’s super-carriers into multi-billion dollar graveyards for thousands of sailors”.

Kremlin chiefs announced in October the development of the Satan II nuclear rockets – each capable of wiping out an area the size of Texas or France.

Last month it emerged Russia had secretly deployed a cruise missile in violation of a historic arms control treaty with the US.

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